title: Organochlorine compound residues in muscle of wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) and red deer (Cervus elaphus L.): effects of age and sex.
abstract: Twenty-six organochlorine pesticides and 7 polychlorinated biphenyls were measured in muscle of wild boar and red deer from the Czech Republic. The concentration of DDT and its metabolites was higher (p < 0.01) in wild boar than in red deer, while PCBs and HCH were higher (p < 0.01) in red deer than in wild boar. The concentrations of DDT and its metabolites, hexachlorobenzene and hexachlorocyclohexane isomers were higher (p < 0.05) in juvenile wild boar than in adults. PCB 153 and p,p'-DDE were the most prominent pollutants in both red deer and wild boar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Toxicology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackeho 1-3, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic, marsalekp@vfu.cz.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maršálek
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zelníčková
authors.forename: Jitka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mikuláštíková
authors.forename: Zdeňka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Svobodová
authors.forename: Zdeňka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hutařová
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D018153:Czech Republic; D003670:Deer / Q000378:metabolism*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000378:metabolism*; D012737:Sex Factors; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D010573:Pesticide Residues